BrowserUk:

I have some couple questions:

  1. Is there an even mix of lookup by number and by name?
  2. Is there any bias to the names/values looked up? In other words, are certain values more likely to be looked up than others? If so, is there a way of knowing which ones are more likely before your lookup pass?
  3. Similarly: are recently-looked-up values more likely to be looked up again soon, or is it a totally random distribution?
  4. As I understand your question, the data is loaded first, then used frequently afterwards. Is my understanding correct?

There are likely other questions I could/should ask, if only I could think of them...

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re: Bidirectional lookup algorithm? (Updated: further info.) by roboticus
in thread Bidirectional lookup algorithm? (Updated: further info.) by BrowserUk

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